Barton v. State

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge,

concurring. 4 conclude that appellant’s constitutional challenge of the juvenile-transfer statute was properly preserved for appellate review. Therefore, I would address the merits of appellant’s argument. I would, however, affirm the circuit court’s decision, and accordingly, I concur in the majority’s affirmance.

In separate motions, appellant moved to transfer the case to juvenile court and moved to declare the juvenile-transfer statute unconstitutional. A hearing was held on both motions, and at the conclusion of the hearing, the court first orally denied…